Zionist settlers uproot dozens of olive trees from Palestinian land in Salfit

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Dec. 17 (YPA) – Dozens of Zionist settlers attacked homes in the Palestinian village of Madama, to the south of Nablus, on Friday evening, while others uprooted olive saplings for Palestinian owners in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, in Salfit province, Palestinian media reported.

WAFA News Agency quoted Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian anti-settlement activist as saying: “dozens of settlers under army protection attacked homes of Palestinians on the outskirts of Madama village, smashed their windows and fired live shots towards the local residents. No injuries were reported.

Meantime, settlers uprooted and vandalized nearly 20 Palestinian-owned olive saplings after breaking into a ranch near the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, in the central West Bank province of Salfit.

Violence and vandalism by Zionist settlers are commonplace in the occupied West Bank, and are never prosecuted by the occupation authorities.

E.M